The palaces of Crete and their builders . w andinexhaustible spring of poetry, for our inner life becomes moreintense in the presence of the origins of our civilisation. VI. I was fortunate in being present this vear at Dr. LuigiPerniers excavations at the foot of the Gfreat staircase of the O Palace of Phaestos. Kig. lo shows how the space between thetwo palaces was reduced by the excavations. In the room at the extreme left of the illustration and at thefoot of the staircase is a vase for libations such as was used inthe sacred rites, a marble tablet grinders with the handle,which ha
The palaces of Crete and their builders . w andinexhaustible spring of poetry, for our inner life becomes moreintense in the presence of the origins of our civilisation. VI. I was fortunate in being present this vear at Dr. LuigiPerniers excavations at the foot of the Gfreat staircase of the O Palace of Phaestos. Kig. lo shows how the space between thetwo palaces was reduced by the excavations. In the room at the extreme left of the illustration and at thefoot of the staircase is a vase for libations such as was used inthe sacred rites, a marble tablet grinders with the handle,which had been used for preparing colours. In the next room were found a group of lamps and a stonecup, also a jug and a small stone pestle and mortar. Here andthere lay fragments of coloured vases with white lines on ablack ground, and some jug handles. It is most exciting to pull out these pieces of variouslycoloured pottery, seeking them among the earth and charcoaland putting them together, after studying the shapes of the ^ J ^^ss^s?s^aie!^. s o < ^ S 5 o ^o o .^^^^vmmL
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